Governance

Members and observers form the ICAP Plenary and regularly meet in person. In addition, the ICAP Steering Committee composed of representatives of the members decides on strategic and practical issues related to the implementation of the ICAP Work Program.

The day-to-day implementation work is supported by the ICAP Secretariat based in Berlin, Germany, under the guidance of the ICAP Co-Chairs and the Steering Committee.

Join the Partnership

ICAP membership is open to all public authorities and governments that have established or are actively pursuing carbon markets through mandatory cap and trade systems with absolute caps as one approach for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

ICAP also welcomes applications for observer status from other public authorities and governments from around the world which are interested in carbon markets and in the development of cap and trade systems for tackling greenhouse gas emissions.

Public authorities and governments interested in becoming a member or observer of ICAP are invited to contact us for further details on the application process and requirements.